Goal: You are fleeing to the waypoint.
Free Upgrade: Cannon Protection

Method:

• Immediately take out enemy fighters parked at top of space station.
• Fly out left to intercept attackers
• After the first wave a nuke will come from the bottom - shoot it
• Waves will continue to come from the far left
• Use a couple missiles at each wave to increase your odds
• Lead attackers that chase you into the range of your cannons
• Beware, a second nuke will come
• Don't let your own cannons hit you
• Immediately destroy nukes when they appear

Summarize: Work with your cannons. Protect them and they will protect you

Each mission ends with docking. When the landing bay lights up, you stop your fighter on top of it to end the mission

Goal: Disable convoy freighters
Free Upgrade: Missile Boost

Purchases:

• Bullets (300-400 is enough)
• Cannon shells (300-400 is enough)
• Bullet Boost upgrade
• Extra Cannon Protection

You don't need max armaments to win this level. 400 boosted bullets and 400 cannon shells will be suffient. Save your money where you can.

Instead of extra cannon protection, you could upgrade to double barrels instead. If you do this, you will need to buy a new cannon ($500) if one is destroyed and you don't have the extra protection.

Method:

• Your mothership will disable the freighter closest above. Don't waste your own ammo on it.
• Fire a missile into each of the 6 other freighters
• Fly around shooting at freighters
  
• Stop shooting freighters when damange indicators turn white
  
• Only engage attackers who attack you
• Steer attackers into your mothership's cannons
• As your mothership proceeds it will come in range of circling attackers - intercept them as necessary
• Careful not to destroy freighters that you've disabled
• As you approach the waypoint attackers will come enmass, take them out from behind
• You need to destroy all attackers before you can dock and end the mission

Goal: Escort 3 ships to the waypoint
Free Upgrade: Double barrel

Purchases:

• Bullets and shells
• Max Missiles upgrade, purchase, then...
• Max out missiles to 12
• Extra cannon protection

Method:

• Fly slowly and clear mines immediately in front of your convoy
• Intercept attackers as they approach
• The top and bottom ships of the convoy are most important to protect
• As convoys proceeds forward be sure to clear mines in their way

Goal: Destroy all freighters
Free Upgrade: Reverse Thrusters

Purchases:

• Stock up on bullets and missiles
• Top off shields and repairs
• Double Barrel upgrade

Method:

• Using free upgrade, Reverse Thrusters ... Double tap the back key (down arrow or 's') to quickly reverse
• Stay near mothership as first wave of attackers hit immediately
• Note which attackers hit the cannons and destroy those attackers first
• After first wave of attackers start hitting freighters
• For each wave of attackers, return to mothership to help eachother fight them off

Goal: Protect freighters from rebel raiders
Free Upgrade: Bullet RPS Upgrade

Purchases:

• Balance out. Less ammo is acceptable if you can afford an upgrade instead
• A Bullet Boost upgrade is very useful if you can afford it.
• Purchase an extra cannon or two, but be aware that more cannons require more cannon ammo
• A Starboard cannon would be most useful
• Don't buy more cannons until you have purchased "Extra cannon protection"

Method:

• Attackers come from all over
• Fly out behind attackers to shoot them in the back

Goal: Survive - the attackers want to steal your ships
Free Upgrade: Bullet Boost

Purchases:

• Lots of cannon ammo - but not necessarily more cannons
• Ammo, repairs, and shields
• Upgrade shields as possible

Method:

• You will begin circled by mines and attackers
• Attackers will launch at their leisure or when shot
• Once out of the mine field attackers come from the planet
• You can line up and shoot attackers as they appear but be aware...
• WARNING: Mines will launch from the planet
• If desparate, you can sit behind your mothership and let it do all the fighting but you won't score as many points and it will be damaged and use lots of expensive ammo

Goal: Disable tow freighters
Free Upgrade: Cannon Protection

Purchases:

• General replenishments - you may notice that cannon ammo is getting expensive now that you may have 4 cannons.
• Play it safe: don't buy your cannon ammo until you've paid for repairs
• Reverse thruster upgrade is very useful on this mission
• Upgrade shields as possible

Method:

• This is a mission of patience
• Destroy missiles as they come at you while shooting freighters
• Surprise ! the 3 freighters won't surrender (there used to be a whole backstory to story to why this is, but it was dropped on account the Cluster Story was become more of a novel than a game. So the freighters explode for a reason we can't explain. Such is life).
• Defend mothership from missiles since mothership uses up lots of ammo for their destruction
• Some ways into the mission a Sav patrol will find you. Routine but fly down and destroy it immediately because dealing with missiles and fighters at them same time is difficult.

Goal: Disable at least one freighter
Free Upgrade: Double Barrel

Method:

• Disable at least one freighter
• Enemy fighters may launch. Destroy them early
• 2 freighters will warp in during battle. Disable them both before they can escape.
• The challenge of this level is not to destroy ships that you have already disabled. Aim carefully !

Result:

You have a freighter ! This freighter will follow you now on most missions. On missions in which your freighter survives, you will receive a cash bonus. If the freighter is destroyed on a mission, it will revive (free of charge) on the next mission. A freighter shield is available through GamerSafe.

Goal: Capture space station
Free Upgrade: Missile Boost

Purchases:

• Upgrade shields as possible
• Bullet and cannon ammo
• You MAY choose to not repair all your cannon in order to save money - sometimes letting cannon repairs slide can help but extra shells

Method:

• Destroy the first wave of attackers
• Move up and take out the lower quadrant of mines - that is where you'll dock
• 3 nukes will be launched prefixed with a barrage of missiles.
• After the nukes, waves of Sav and Grayngdie attackers will come.
• Be sure to DISABLE the station BEFORE you dock your fighter on your mothership
• Don't accidently blow up the station while shooting at enemies!
• Near the station a mine dropper will appear. Protect your freighter from the mines

Goal: Escape with your freighter in tow
Free Upgrade: Reverse Thrusters

Purchases:

• Extra missile upgrade and lots of ammo
• Missile boost
• Fighter shielding

Method:

• Most importantly, destroy what fire control tells you to destroy
• Destroy all other ships that have damage indicators
• Use missiles to start the damage to your large targets
• Remember to check your radar and come to the aid of your freighter as required